“It basically states that, you know, do not cut off any more than one-third of your lawn at any one mowing,” he said. “So if you’re mowing height is 3 inches, you can let it grow to 4-and-a-half inches. Cut off an inch and a half and then you’re back to 3 inches.”

Bauer says letting your grass grow just a little longer could make you the envy of the neighborhood.

“Your lawn’s really going to thank you for it,” Bauer said. “You’ll have less weeds because of it as well. And you’re just going to have a healthier, more robust root system.”

He says there is such a thing as letting your grass grow too much.

Voles, mice and snakes can start to move into your lawn when it starts to get over five inches.

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